This week's class at Arise was a fun one! It was a real joy to make music together, especially with a group that had quite a bit of energy and enthusiasm! For example, a new family joined with a young child who is very energetic and loves to dance, and she had the whole class in stitches! She is definitely the life of the party, and her energy lifted everyone around her. Songs this week included Sleeping Bunnies, The Rooster Song, Shake Your Sillies Out, and a jam session of Hot Hot Hot, and Twist and Shout. But it was the Instrument of the Week that was the real highlight of the class. I brought out a Caribbean instrument called an "A Go Go," and immediately an older boy who seemed ambivalent to the class became very interested in trying it out . He insisted on keeping the instrument for the jam session and had a lot of fun with it! I am realizing that for Rainbow Songs Foundation classes, the instrument of the week is a great tool to engage older children in the class.